Coatesville moves to consider Brandywine Virtual Academy as district cyber provider

Coatesville administrators recommended that the district transition its cyber program to Brandywine Virtual Academy (BVA), saying the provider offers teacher-written, state-aligned curriculum, weekly live wellness check-ins and the capacity to provide monitoring and additional outsourced services such as credit recovery at a cost comparable to the district's existing arrangements.

Miss Snyder, who led the procurement review, said the district evaluated multiple providers, including Accelerate (the incumbent) and others, and found performance, attendance monitoring and course rigor concerns under the current arrangement. "BVA rose to the challenge and worked with us through several iterations to provide comparable cost and additional supports," she said, noting BVA committed to live check-ins and weekly contacts that fulfill the new state attendance and wellness requirements for cyber programming.

Administrators emphasized that students enrolled in the district cyber program would remain Coatesville students, keep access to extracurricular activities (including TCHS opportunities and senior activities), and earn a Coatesville diploma. The committee voted to move the provider recommendation to the special board meeting for a final decision.

Student board representative Julia, who took an Accelerate course last year, said the quality was "mediocre" and supported improving online options to expand course access and better prepare students for college-level online work.